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. -- mitt romney. it really turned it into an appearance on behalf of mitt romney. much activity have you seen? guest: santorum is here today. j.c. waats is coming in tomorrow. rosario, a former u.s. treasurer. we normally do not get a lot of candidates or even their surrogates here this close to the election because of some larger states that normally of primaries on the same day. for oklahoma, it's quite a bit, but it's nothing like, say, ohio. >> what is it like for you following this story and what can we expect in terms of turnout on tuesday? guest: it has been interesting. i did this before in 2008. we had a few people, although as i said not like this. the turnout is kind of strange and hard to predict. the state republican party chairman thinks we will have a big turnout for the republican primary. there's also a democratic primary with five names on the ballot. i mentioned randall terry. he has worked the state pretty hard trying to get enough votes basically to embarrass barack obama and perh
. -- mitt romney. it really turned it into an appearance on behalf of mitt romney. much activity have you seen? guest: santorum is here today. j.c. waats is coming in tomorrow. rosario, a former u.s. treasurer. we normally do not get a lot of candidates or even their surrogates here this close to the election because of some larger states that normally of primaries on the same day. for oklahoma, it's quite a bit, but it's nothing like, say, ohio. >> what is it like for you following this...
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now romney has a pretty good plan. it is good. it reduces taxes but it will also leave a huge hole in the budget. for newt to be responsible, he should talk about what he is going to reduce to bring down the level of tax revenues. he has a great line, my plan will bring and less tax revenue. we will make government equal to the size of the revenue. but he was the one who criticize paul ryan when paul ryan had a serious thing to do just the entitlements. part of the reason i do not fully trust him, romney also needs to be more specific about spending. they are all afraid of it. i go back to 1988. senior had two things people remember. no new taxes, read my lips. which was written by my former wife. in my living room in great falls, virginia. i thought about putting up a plaque. this is where it was started and abandoned. the second thing was a flexible freeze. it was a sensible program. he got elected on it. in three months, he abandoned it. we had a meeting in 1989 and already they were off the track. this is another warning i hav
now romney has a pretty good plan. it is good. it reduces taxes but it will also leave a huge hole in the budget. for newt to be responsible, he should talk about what he is going to reduce to bring down the level of tax revenues. he has a great line, my plan will bring and less tax revenue. we will make government equal to the size of the revenue. but he was the one who criticize paul ryan when paul ryan had a serious thing to do just the entitlements. part of the reason i do not fully trust...
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republican presidential candidate mitt romney continues to campaign in ohio this weekend. it is one of 10 states holding contests on super tuesday. next, the former massachusetts governor takes part in a town hall meeting in dayton. ♪ ♪ >> wow. what a turnout. i have a question for this crowd. do you believe we cannot afford another four years of barack obama? [applause] that must mean we will do everything in our power over the next three days to make sure mitt romney wins ohio and in the fall beats barack obama. are we going to do it? [applause] three more days and we are. it is great to be here. the mayor is doing a great job as a champion for this area. we also happen states senator chris widener here. pretty good team, do you not think? [applause] and the big guy behind me here, nick mangold, centerville, ohio. you can probably tell from looking at him he plays a sport. can you guess which one it is? a great buckeye star and now playing in some place called new york. we have to get him back to ohio, folks. thank you for being here, nick. ladies and gentleman, some
republican presidential candidate mitt romney continues to campaign in ohio this weekend. it is one of 10 states holding contests on super tuesday. next, the former massachusetts governor takes part in a town hall meeting in dayton. ♪ ♪ >> wow. what a turnout. i have a question for this crowd. do you believe we cannot afford another four years of barack obama? [applause] that must mean we will do everything in our power over the next three days to make sure mitt romney wins ohio and...
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caller: my question is about romney. watching all this tv, the now- governor of ohio, who is a romney man, i am sure that ohio teachers and fire men will turn this election. there laughing at the republicans. the republicans are laughing at themselves. host: we will leave it there and let mr. heath respond as he wishes. guest: governor jon casey has not endorsed. the is addressed -- he has endorsed several candidates, but he has not endorsed the current crop, he is neutral. there is some question about why he did not endorse newt gingrich, who he served with when gingrich was speaker in the late 1990's and kasich was the budget committee but director. nevertheless, governor kasich has remained neutral with this current crop of candidates. host: the plain dealer, talking about santorum, the sixth district where the senator spoke, did not get on the ballot, are these six districts in portis terms of size and extent of people? guest: they really are. they missed it, bottom line. things happen in the campaign. back when the
caller: my question is about romney. watching all this tv, the now- governor of ohio, who is a romney man, i am sure that ohio teachers and fire men will turn this election. there laughing at the republicans. the republicans are laughing at themselves. host: we will leave it there and let mr. heath respond as he wishes. guest: governor jon casey has not endorsed. the is addressed -- he has endorsed several candidates, but he has not endorsed the current crop, he is neutral. there is some...
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>>issue two, romney's nail- biter! >> in this room are the people who knocked on the doors and made the calls and went to the polls and it made an enormous difference. we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough and that's all that count. >> mitt romney's victory in michigan tuesday may have been narrow but as he said a win is a win. governor romney also won in arizona, same day, defeating rick santorum, the new darling of the right wing, of the g.o.p. right wing. prior to tuesday's primaries, there were nine other primaries, romney won four of those nine. santorum four. gingrich one. with michigan, these lever races have been a roller coaster. rom niece's tuesday win makes him the most recent candidate with momentum. the the big mo, the mo. question, how significant was romney's michigan victory? >> very significant. he was facing seeing his candidacy broken in michigan. there would have been cry for another candidate, fund-raising may have dried up. he could have very well lost ohio in that circumstance. so now we're
>>issue two, romney's nail- biter! >> in this room are the people who knocked on the doors and made the calls and went to the polls and it made an enormous difference. we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough and that's all that count. >> mitt romney's victory in michigan tuesday may have been narrow but as he said a win is a win. governor romney also won in arizona, same day, defeating rick santorum, the new darling of the right wing, of the g.o.p. right wing. prior to...
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but romney picked up some key conservative endorsements. what may tip the scale there and potentially tip the scale in the overall campaign? >> it appears to be momentum. that's the thing. winning begets winning and clearly the michigan victory on tuesday gave romney some momentum. he's closing pretty well. look where he was today. he was in atlanta, georgia, knoxville, tennessee. mitt romney sees an opportunity not only to catch santorum. remember, santorum -- ohio is a must-win for santorum, not for romney. to catch him in ohio and then upset him in tennessee and, lester, it puts the entire race away. >> chuck todd, our washington newsroom. chuck, thanks. >>> nbc news will have special super tuesday coverage beginning at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. on the west on this nbc station. >>> overseas to russia now, where they held a presidential election today. it appears to be back to the future for vladimir putin, who served two terms as president and became prime minister and is now headed for the presidency once again. despite allegations
but romney picked up some key conservative endorsements. what may tip the scale there and potentially tip the scale in the overall campaign? >> it appears to be momentum. that's the thing. winning begets winning and clearly the michigan victory on tuesday gave romney some momentum. he's closing pretty well. look where he was today. he was in atlanta, georgia, knoxville, tennessee. mitt romney sees an opportunity not only to catch santorum. remember, santorum -- ohio is a must-win for...
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. >> robert kagan is not only an adviser to the romney campaign, but also serves on secretary of state hillary clinton's board. >> there is a lot of continuity in foreign policy, more than we expect, a lot of broad consensus. i think where you see here is the kind of consensus that exists in the foreign-policy community. there is a lot of vocal lobby -- a lot of overlap between the two parties. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> on wednesday, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said the economy is doing better than expected and that the fed is not planning on taking additional measures to stimulate the economy. he testified before the house financial services committee in one of two yearly appearances that he makes about the state of the u.s. economy. the portion of the hearing you are about to see is one hour 20 minutes. it begins with the chairman's opening statement. >> limited information available for 2012 is consistent with growth proceeding in coming quarters at a pace close to or somewhat above the pace that was registered during the second half of last year.
. >> robert kagan is not only an adviser to the romney campaign, but also serves on secretary of state hillary clinton's board. >> there is a lot of continuity in foreign policy, more than we expect, a lot of broad consensus. i think where you see here is the kind of consensus that exists in the foreign-policy community. there is a lot of vocal lobby -- a lot of overlap between the two parties. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> on wednesday, federal...
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it has dissipated now basically dead even between him and romney. in tennessee, georgia and oklahoma social conservative voters so important. sachb santorum really appeals to a lot of those. >> see you again in the 4:00 eastern hour and talk about the race for the white house. thanks so much. >>> of course, super tuesday. march 6th, a couple days away at 12:00 eastern time. wolf blitzer and cnn's political team will host a new program for the day, cnn election round table a live insider chat about the day's implications for the presidential race. go to cnn.com/roundtable to get a preview. >>> straight ahead tax advice that could help you avoid an audit by the irs. straight ahead, if perhaps you have a home office or deduct business dinners on your tax returns, we'll tell you how to avoid eight tax pitfalls. just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >>> all right. tax time. you have just over five weeks unti
it has dissipated now basically dead even between him and romney. in tennessee, georgia and oklahoma social conservative voters so important. sachb santorum really appeals to a lot of those. >> see you again in the 4:00 eastern hour and talk about the race for the white house. thanks so much. >>> of course, super tuesday. march 6th, a couple days away at 12:00 eastern time. wolf blitzer and cnn's political team will host a new program for the day, cnn election round table a live...
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romney 31%. rasmussen shows santorum ahead, 33%, romney right behind, 31% but he was trailing santorum by 18 points two weeks ago. chairman of the civic forum pack pa governor and rural out reach for his campaign. great to see both of you. ford, let me start with you. there is another poll in ohio by arg. it gives romney a clear lead. look, if he pulls out a victory in ohio having been behind 20 points, what does it mean for the race for the nomination, conversely if santorum loses do his chances dim? >> super tuesday is all about ohio. if rick santorum loses ohio, his campaign is effectively finished. if mitt romney wins ohio and season i think we'll see it winding down. this is about momentum. given the fact that mitt romney is on winning streak, this is exactly what he needs. >> the associated press referred to santorum's operation, i'll quote it. a struggling ragtag campaign far outpaced by romney's organization. it's not clear santorum even has paid staff on the ground in the upcoming states
romney 31%. rasmussen shows santorum ahead, 33%, romney right behind, 31% but he was trailing santorum by 18 points two weeks ago. chairman of the civic forum pack pa governor and rural out reach for his campaign. great to see both of you. ford, let me start with you. there is another poll in ohio by arg. it gives romney a clear lead. look, if he pulls out a victory in ohio having been behind 20 points, what does it mean for the race for the nomination, conversely if santorum loses do his...
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mitt romney is leading in the delegate count by a fair amount. certainly washington state adds to that. it's a place where ron paul expected to do well. he did come in second. so it is -- i would say that the losses for santorum and gingrich are probably larger than -- mean more than the wins for romney and ron paul. now, look, santorum and gingrich didn't play in washington state. but nonetheless it sort of continues that story line that mitt romney is gathering strength. none of which will matter if he doesn't show some real strength on super tuesday. >> i mean super tuesday is huge, candy. ten state, a third of the delegates, i mean we talk about this every four years but this is a really big day, tuesday, isn't it? >> it is but let me tell you that my guess is that come wednesday morning, there will be no real reason for anyone to get out of this race. newt gingrich may show some strength in the south, though, his home state of georgia is there. he wants to win there but also needs to do well in some of the other southern states that are in p
mitt romney is leading in the delegate count by a fair amount. certainly washington state adds to that. it's a place where ron paul expected to do well. he did come in second. so it is -- i would say that the losses for santorum and gingrich are probably larger than -- mean more than the wins for romney and ron paul. now, look, santorum and gingrich didn't play in washington state. but nonetheless it sort of continues that story line that mitt romney is gathering strength. none of which will...
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but ohio is a statement, a big midwestern state that could show romney is in command of the race. now, if he does win here, romney has an even better argument, that he is the only candidate who can take on president obama because he's got the organization and he also appeals to a broad range of voters. now to lima, ohio, where dean reynolds is with the santorum campaign. >> reporter: ever since his defeat in michigan last tuesday, rick santorum has been explaining himself. >> i know sometimes i can get a little wound up. you see, i don't often use a teleprompter. and so the words that come out of my mouth are my own. they're not written by some poll-tested speechwriter. >> reporter: trying to keep his controversial positions on social issues from drowning out his message, the former senator today tried to steert discussion back toward the economy. >> in my budget that i propose, i will spend less money every year than the year before for four years until we get to a balanced budget in five years. ( applause ). >> reporter: he's slightly ahead in the polls here but could come out a
but ohio is a statement, a big midwestern state that could show romney is in command of the race. now, if he does win here, romney has an even better argument, that he is the only candidate who can take on president obama because he's got the organization and he also appeals to a broad range of voters. now to lima, ohio, where dean reynolds is with the santorum campaign. >> reporter: ever since his defeat in michigan last tuesday, rick santorum has been explaining himself. >> i know...
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he did come out for mitt romney today. you hear this from the republican establishment, conservative republican establishment saying we need to get behind one candidate, we need to start preparing for november. >> incredible. it is going to be an exciting day on tuesday. mark preston, thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> super tuesday, march 6th, 12:00 eastern time. if you're not in front of the television set, you do want to check out cnn.com. wolf blitzer will be there hoef hosting the cnn election round table on cnn.com. it is a live insider chat about the day's implications for the presidential race. go to cnn.com/roundtable for that. >>> foreign policy was a big focus of the sunday morning talk shows. u.s., israel relations, president obama's apology over the koran burning in afghanistan, so here are some of the highlights. >> do you doubt the president or the united states' commitment to israel? >> of course. >> why? >> the president's new budget, which cuts aid to israel for its ballistic missile defense shield, you
he did come out for mitt romney today. you hear this from the republican establishment, conservative republican establishment saying we need to get behind one candidate, we need to start preparing for november. >> incredible. it is going to be an exciting day on tuesday. mark preston, thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> super tuesday, march 6th, 12:00 eastern time. if you're not in front of the television set, you do want to check out cnn.com. wolf blitzer will be there hoef...
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romney with 38%. ron paul with 25%. battling it out there for second with rick is an tore sxum came in with 24. and newt gingrich finishing last with 10%. >>> brand-new numbers to share with you right now. the nbc news maris poll shows rick santorum with a small lead in ohio and just two days now before super tuesday. mitt romney trails santorum by just two points in that state. followed by newt gingrich and ron paul. as we check out virginia, another super tuesday state, mitt romney and ron paul are the only two candidates who qualified to you a pier on the ballot. romney has a 69% there. 11 states holding contest this tuesday with 412 delegates up for grabs. >>> rush limbaugh apologized for using derogatory language to describe a female law student. limbaugh issued the apology on his website regarding the controversial comments he made against sandra fluke. she testified ploost about the importance of companies providing contraceptive health coverage for employees regardless of religious affiliation. limbaugh's statem
romney with 38%. ron paul with 25%. battling it out there for second with rick is an tore sxum came in with 24. and newt gingrich finishing last with 10%. >>> brand-new numbers to share with you right now. the nbc news maris poll shows rick santorum with a small lead in ohio and just two days now before super tuesday. mitt romney trails santorum by just two points in that state. followed by newt gingrich and ron paul. as we check out virginia, another super tuesday state, mitt romney...
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mitt romney added another when with washington state caucuses. gingrich and paul are looking to keep their campaigns afloat. this will be the largest single day of voting in the presidential primaries. we found it interesting map of mind where you can predict how many delegates each candidate will win in each state. all you have to do is click on ac, select a candidate and submit your choice. >>marty: in new york man is in custody for threatening to kill the president and elementary school children. the secret service and local authorities arrested a man by the name of the brent dickenson. he posted threatening messages on a white house message for on friday and is being held on $50,000 bail. this is the time of year when girl scouts are selling cookies. one man in texas tried to take advantage of that by robbing a troupe of gross to outsource stationed outside of a wal-mart. it happened saturday afternoon. the man came up to the girls and pretending he wanted to buy cookies but grabbed the cash instead. the crow scouts did not let him get away w
mitt romney added another when with washington state caucuses. gingrich and paul are looking to keep their campaigns afloat. this will be the largest single day of voting in the presidential primaries. we found it interesting map of mind where you can predict how many delegates each candidate will win in each state. all you have to do is click on ac, select a candidate and submit your choice. >>marty: in new york man is in custody for threatening to kill the president and elementary...
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like for instance, met romney campaigns on, a lawyer, a soldier? diverse background, is it an ivy league school? what you think is the best background for the modern presidency? >> that's a wonderful question but i'm having fun right now pointing out that our last president had a harvard mba, current president has a harvard law degree, and mitt romney is elected he will have both. [laughter] there isn't sort of one, there may be a partial ones that question but there isn't a clear answer to it because some soldiers, eisenhower i mentioned. i generally think that people with pure business back on a probably not well suited to be president. why don't we get a business man? the best presents are ones of the executive experience on the state level, governors. and generals had executive experience that's what eisenhower looks like a governor in certain ways. and the poorest presidents are often ones who were senators are house members to most what they do is make speeches, they don't make decisions and are not responsible, solar responsible for things t
like for instance, met romney campaigns on, a lawyer, a soldier? diverse background, is it an ivy league school? what you think is the best background for the modern presidency? >> that's a wonderful question but i'm having fun right now pointing out that our last president had a harvard mba, current president has a harvard law degree, and mitt romney is elected he will have both. [laughter] there isn't sort of one, there may be a partial ones that question but there isn't a clear answer...
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mitt romney won the washington caucuses last night. he carried 38% of the vote versus 25% for second place finisher ron paul. that means romney gets the lion's share of washington state's 40 delegates. president obama speaks to the apac conference today. it is the largest jewish lobbying organization in the united states. the president ham kurnd fire recently for his stance on middle east peace and iran will have much more on apac and the mornings of the president's speech a little later in the show. >>> in washington it seems like there's very little room for compromise across the aisle. that reality led to a surprise announcement this past week for maine republican senator olympia snow. she's not going run for a fourth term. cnn congressional correspondent dana bash has more on what that means. >> reporter: flashback, september 2009. >> i want to do my job, and our job is to sit here and do it as long as it takes. >> reporter: a frustrated olympia snowe out on a limb working with democrats on health care reform. >> people in this cou
mitt romney won the washington caucuses last night. he carried 38% of the vote versus 25% for second place finisher ron paul. that means romney gets the lion's share of washington state's 40 delegates. president obama speaks to the apac conference today. it is the largest jewish lobbying organization in the united states. the president ham kurnd fire recently for his stance on middle east peace and iran will have much more on apac and the mornings of the president's speech a little later in the...
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does mitt romney have that? >> he has had a couple of bad weeks, sidetracked on peripheral issues and what you will see, after he wraps up the nomination, should he do so, will have to figure out a way to unify the party and get a unified message and talk about his tax plans and budget plans, and, economic growth plans, those are the things that i think will swing independent voters in the fall. obviously, president obama is going to be talking about everything else, except his economic record, because even though the economy is recovering, it is still far from where people would like it to be. >> jamie: ron paul wants you to know that he does very well in caucus states. where does he stand, right now. >> ron paul is not so much running for president as he is running to build a movement. and, if you judge him by that standard he's doing incredibly well and is building something that sort of like what barry goldwater did in the 1960s, a movement that will follow any candidate who chooses to abide by its principle
does mitt romney have that? >> he has had a couple of bad weeks, sidetracked on peripheral issues and what you will see, after he wraps up the nomination, should he do so, will have to figure out a way to unify the party and get a unified message and talk about his tax plans and budget plans, and, economic growth plans, those are the things that i think will swing independent voters in the fall. obviously, president obama is going to be talking about everything else, except his economic...
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in is not only an advisor to the romney campaign, but also serves on the clinton secretary of state of advisory board. >> i have been writing that there is a lot of continuity, and much of the consensus here exists in the foreign policy community. >> more with robert k. and on foreign policy and his latest, tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> the senate foreign relations committee on thursday questioned state department officials on the escalating violence in syria, where an estimated 7500 people have been killed since the start of anti- government protests. last week the secretary general put in new reports. >> this hearing will come to order. thank you. i apologize for being late. i was a little delayed their. senator casey will chair this morning. which, i will have to do that. we appreciate everyone's coming here to discuss the ongoing situation in syria. as we all know, serious it's in the heart of the middle east, straddling its ethnic and sectarian a fault lines, and all of the region's important powers have a direct interest in what is happening in syria, as to non-state actors
in is not only an advisor to the romney campaign, but also serves on the clinton secretary of state of advisory board. >> i have been writing that there is a lot of continuity, and much of the consensus here exists in the foreign policy community. >> more with robert k. and on foreign policy and his latest, tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> the senate foreign relations committee on thursday questioned state department officials on the escalating violence in syria, where...
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earlier polls showed romney trailing santorum. political analysts say ohio is important on super tuesday, because it's traditionally a bellwether of who will win the general election. >>> and mitt romney came out on top in the washington state caucuses this weekend. bringing another victory to the former massachusetts governor, with 100% of the precincts reporting, romney received 38% of yesterday's vote. ron paul came in 2nd with 25%. rick santorum and newt gingrich came in third and fourth. ron paul celebrated his second place finish last night in seattle. he was the only candidate who spent time campaigning in the state and the only candidate to buy commercial ad time on cable networks. paul's second place finish means he gets five of washington's 40 delegates. >> we're in a good second place. [ cheers and applause ] >> the good news is we're doing very, very well in getting delegates! [ cheers and applause ] >> ron paul has folked heavily on caucus state -- focused heavily on caucus states because his campaign says it believes
earlier polls showed romney trailing santorum. political analysts say ohio is important on super tuesday, because it's traditionally a bellwether of who will win the general election. >>> and mitt romney came out on top in the washington state caucuses this weekend. bringing another victory to the former massachusetts governor, with 100% of the precincts reporting, romney received 38% of yesterday's vote. ron paul came in 2nd with 25%. rick santorum and newt gingrich came in third and...
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directly to speaker gingrich and to senator santorum and hopefully soon i'll get it to governor romney. if you know him, tell him. he needs to read the book. >> this really isn't a partisan issue, though. this really involves everybody, all of us. >> i have briefed members of the administration. i've briefed pentagon. absolutely, in fact, a copy of the book recently went to -- to the panetta family because i got families and they thought the secretary of defense might have seen this. it apparently didn't get to secretary gates. it needs to. i've not just written one. i've written -- beyond this, the pentagon apparently liked my work 'cause they came back and they asked me to be a part of the directed study on iran and i wrote the economic passages in that book, too. and i've been asked by the pentagon a couple of other times to do things. there are good people there, really good people. but they have for the most part know nothing about stock markets and economics and currencies. they are encouraging them to start thinking in those terms. yes, it's not a partisan issue. i wish the obam
directly to speaker gingrich and to senator santorum and hopefully soon i'll get it to governor romney. if you know him, tell him. he needs to read the book. >> this really isn't a partisan issue, though. this really involves everybody, all of us. >> i have briefed members of the administration. i've briefed pentagon. absolutely, in fact, a copy of the book recently went to -- to the panetta family because i got families and they thought the secretary of defense might have seen...